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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it estimates that traffic deaths jumped 9.5 percent in the first three months of the year to about 7,500.

But the jump is three times the amount of additional driving Americans did. Vehicle miles traveled in the first three months of 2014 increased by about 9.8 billion miles, or about a 3.9-percent increase.

The fatality rate for the first quarter of 2015 increased to 1.04 fatalities per 100 million miles up from the projected rate of 0.99 fatalities per 100 million in the first quarter of 2014. The number of deaths rose by 650 in the first three months. It would be the highest number of first quarter deaths since 2012.

NHTSA said it doesn’t know why deaths have risen. The agency “is continuing to gather/finalize data on crash fatalities for 2013, 2014 and 2015 using information from police accident reports and other sources. It is too soon to speculate on the contributing factors or potential implications of any changes in deaths on our roadways.”



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